By the Numbers

Now that our technological issues are (knock on wood) behind us, we're able to let you know that there were 243 total runners for Day 1b of the Main Event -- a 10 player increase over yesterday's field.

What this means, amongst other things, is that in order to surpass last year's main event numbers (681), tournament organizers need only 205 players to turn out for tomorrow's Day 1c flight (the third and final start day).

Due to the nature of tournaments with multiple starting days, we'll go out on a limb and say that the odds are in Crown's favor.